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Asking the real questions (jlai.lu)

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[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 17 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

why settle for \n when you can go for the stylish carriage return

[–] lseif@sopuli.xyz 7 points 6 hours ago

so John\r Doe ? depending on the software, when it gets printed, the carriage return will moves the cursor to the start of the line without moving a line down, becoming \x20Doe.

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